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Trump says he has ‘very important call’ shortly with Erdogan ‘who I like’
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleJacob Magid is The Times of Israel's US bureau chief
US President Donald Trump says he has a “very important call” shortly with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan “who I like.”
That relationship has been a cause of anxiety in Jerusalem, due to Erdogan’s bitter criticism of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israel’s prosecution of the war in Gaza.
Netanyahu has expressed his opposition to the US placing top representatives from Turkey and Qatar on the Board of Peace’s Gaza Executive Board, which will be playing a key role in the oversight of the postwar management of Gaza.
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